List of Bishop's University alumni
Bishop's University is a liberal arts university in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada. Following are some of its notable alumni.
Art
[edit]- Kay Kinsman – visual artist
Education
[edit]- Susan Boyd – feminist legal scholar, the inaugural chair in Feminist Legal Studies, founder of the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies, and professor emerita at UBC
- Scott Griffin – Chancellor of Bishop's University
- Lisa Guenther – Queen's National Scholar in Political Philosophy and Critical Prison Studies at Queen's University in Kingston
- David McKnight – anthropologist, ethnographer, and senior lecturer at London University
- Frederick Edmund Meredith – Chancellor of Bishop's University
- George Siber – medical researcher, vaccine expert, and professor at Harvard and Johns Hopkins University
- Colin Starnes – former President of the University of King's College
- Norman Webster – Chancellor of University of Prince Edward Island and former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail
- Barrie Wilson – Professor Emeritus and senior scholar in Religious Studies at York University
- George Whalley – poet and English professor at Queen's University
Film and entertainment
[edit]- Alex Bulmer – playwright and theatre artist
- Jim Corcoran – singer, songwriter and radio host
- Jake Eberts – film producer, executive and financier
- Cameron Hughes – professional crowd igniter and sports entertainer
- Andy Keen – documentary filmmaker
- Galt MacDermot – musician, arranger, and composer of the 1960s rock musical Hair
- Silvio Narizzano – film and television director who worked primarily in the United Kingdom
- Damian Pettigrew – film director, best known for Fellini, I’m a Born Liar
- Johnny Reid – country music singer
Law
[edit]- Douglas Abbott – former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada ad former Minister of National Defence and Minister of Finance
- Fred Kaufman – Justice with the Québec Court of Appeal and Acting Chief Justice of Québec
- John Sewell Sanborn – judge with thee Quebec Superior Court and the Court of Queen's Bench at Montreal and member of the Senate of Canada
- Jamie W. S. Saunders – former Justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
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Literature and journalism
[edit]- John W. H. Bassett – publisher of the Montreal Gazette and the Toronto Telegram, founder of CFTO-TV, owner of the Toronto Argonauts, 1961–1971
- Jane Brierley – translator of books and editorial translator for The Globe and Mail
- Ralph Gustafson – poet
- Scott Griffin – founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world's most generous poetry awards
- Helen Anne Henderson – journalist and disability rights advocate
- Michael Ondaatje – poet, writer, best known for the novel The English Patient
- Canon Frederick Scott – Poet and senior chaplain with the First Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I
- F. R. Scott – winner of the Governor General's Award for poetry and non-fiction
- Ian Stephens – poet, journalist, and musician
- Alexis S. Troubetzkoy – author notable for his works on Russian history
- Norman Webster – former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail and chancellor of University of Prince Edward Island
Military
[edit]- William Heneker – military strategist and tactician during World War I and one of the most highly decorated Canadians in the British Empire
- Duncan "Dusty" Miller – Vice Admiral and Naval Task Commander aboard HMCS Athabaskan during the Gulf War[1]
- Robert Moncel – Lieutenant-General of the Canadian Army and former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
- Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters – Brigadier General in the Canadian Army, decorated tank ace with the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment during the Second World War[2]
Politics and government
[edit]- Monroe Abbey – lawyer and president of Canadian Jewish Congress[3]
- Douglas Abbott – former Minister of National Defence and Minister of Finance and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- William P. Anderson – Canadian Superintendent of Lighthouses for almost 40 years
- Alfred Pike Bissonnet – director of the Trade Commissioner Service and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Indonesia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Urugua
- Peter Blaikie – former President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and television commentator
- Richard Cannings – former Ottawa City Councillor
- Allen Chastenet – seventh Prime Minister of St. Lucia.
- Roy Cullen – former Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Etobicoke North
- Robert Ghiz – former Premier of Prince Edward Island
- James King – Legislative Assembly of Quebec
- George Hugh Macdonell – House of Commons of Canada
- Jason MacDonald – Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Director of Communications
- James Maloney – House of Commons of Canada
- Alexander Webb Morris – Legislative Assembly of Quebec
- John Sewell Sanborn – member of the Senate of Canada and judge with thee Quebec Superior Court and the Court of Queen's Bench at Montreal
- Reed Scowen – member of the National Assembly of Quebec
- Raymond Setlakwe – Canadian Senator
- Steve Shanahan – Montreal City Council
- Larry Smith – Canadian Senator, former President of the Montreal Alouettes, and commissioner of the Canadian Football League
- John Kennett Starnes – Canadian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Egypt, and Sudan
Religion
[edit]- John Almond – Anglican priest in Canada in the first half of the 20th century
- Russel Brown – Anglican priest and eighth Bishop of Quebec
- James Carmichael – fourth Anglican Bishop of Montreal
- Patrick Clark – Anglican Bishop of Kootenay
- Kent Clarke – Anglican Bishop Suffragan of Niagara
- William Davis – Anglican Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia, Archbishop of Nova Scotia, and Archbishop Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
- Harry Dawson – priest and Dean of Niagara
- Francis C. FitzHugh – Anglo-Catholic priest who served as rector of St. Clement's Church, Philadelphia
- Octave Fortin – Archdeacon of Winnipeg
- Graham Ingham – Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone
- Edwin Lackey – Anglica Bishop of Ottawa and Metropolitan of Ontario
- Richard Lonsdell – Anglican Archdeacon of St Andrews in the Diocese of Montreal
- Tim Matthews – Anglican Bishop of Quebec
- William Moorhead – Anglican Bishop of Fredericton
- Percy O'Driscoll – Anglican Bishop of Huron and Metropolitan of Ontario
- Taylor Pryce – Anglican suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Toronto
- William Robinson – Anglican Bishop of Ottawa,
- Canon Frederick Scott – Poet and senior chaplain with the First Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I
- Buxton Smith – priest and Dean of Ontario
- George Thorneloe – Bishop of Algoma, Metropolitan of Ontario, and Archbishop of Algoma
- Robert Waterman – Anglican Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia
Science and medicine
[edit]- Maude Abbott – one of Canada's earliest female medical graduates, founder of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada
- Christopher Aikman – astrophysicist formerly with the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
- Reginald Fessenden – inventor known for his pioneering work developing radio technology and transmitted the first radio audio broadcast
- Richard H. Tomlinson – chemist and founding director of Gennum Corp
Sports
[edit]- Stephen Adekolu – wide receiver for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League
- Nick Arakgi – CFL football star and CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award winner
- Leroy Blugh – CFL player, CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award winner, and defensive assistant coach Ottawa Red Blacks
- Mathieu Boulay – CFL football player
- Gary Chown – CFL football player
- Adrian Clarke – CFL football player
- Gilles Colon – CFL football player
- Justin Conn – CFL football player
- Tim Cronk – CFL football player
- Robert Dunkley – sailor who competed in the Laser event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Tom Europe – CFL defensive back, BC Lions
- Kyle Exume – CFL football player
- Jermaine Gabriel – CFL football player
- Keith Godding – CFL wide receiver, Montreal Alouettes
- Shawn Gore – CFL professional football player
- Debbie Huband – women's basketball player who participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Kyle Jones – CFL linebacker, Toronto Argonauts
- Jamall Lee – CFL Running Back, BC Lions
- Jason MacDonald – former mixed martial artist
- Josh Maveety – CFL football player
- Dan McCullough – former Canadian Football League player and the former head coach for the UNB Red Bombers of the Atlantic Football League
- Kelly Murumets – President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tennis Canada
- Elie Ngoyi – CFL football player
- J. K. L. Ross – sportsman and thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder who won the first United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing with his colt, Sir Barton
- Chris Skinner (Canadian football) – CFL football player
- Larry Smith – former president of the Montreal Alouettes, former commissioner of the Canadian Football League, current Canadian Senator
- Ryan Thorne – CIS basketball player with the Bishop's Gaiters
- Junior Turner – CFL football player
- Steven Turner – CFL football player
- Dan West – CFL football player
- James Yurichuk – former CFL Linebacker, BC Lions
- Steve Zatylny – Canadian football player
References
[edit]- ^ "US Admiral Requests Assistance of the Athabaskan - Video Gallery - Veterans Affairs Canada". 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Tank Ace began stellar career at Normandy".
- ^ Staff (November 30, 1993). "Obituary". The Montreal Gazette. Page 47. Retrieved April 5, 2021.